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Bug#975026: Use 公元 not 西元

* 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson:

> I think this,
> $ LC_TIME=zh_TW.UTF-8 date
> 西元2020年11月18日 (週三) 12時39分44秒 CST
> should say 公元 not 西元.

Why do you think so?  These Taiwanese newspapers appear to use 西元
for Gregorian years:

  <https://www.chinatimes.com/hottopic/20191108002189-260809?chdtv>
  <https://udn.com/umedia/story/12749/5023798>

Is there a difference between calendar dates and historical
references?
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